Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Men's 100 metre backstroke; at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Date	7–9 August
Competitors	19 from 12 nations
Medalists
	← 1924 1932 →

The men's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Tuesday to Thursday, 7 to 9 August 1928.

Nineteen swimmers from twelve nations competed.

Records[]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:09.0	George Kojac	Detroit (U.S.)	23 June 1928
Olympic Record	1:13.2	Warren Kealoha	Paris (FRA)	18 July 1924

In the first heat George Kojac set a new Olympic record with 1:09.2 minutes. In the final he set a new world record with 1:08.2 minutes.

Results[]

Heats[]

Tuesday 7 August 1928: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced. As there was a tie for second place in the fifth heat both swimmers advanced instead of a third placed.

Heat 1[]

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	George Kojac	United States	1:09.2	Q, OR
2	Toshio Irie	Japan	1:13.4	Q
3	Albert Schumberg	Germany	1:16.6
4	Roland Johansson	Sweden	1:17.4

Heat 2[]

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Walter Laufer	United States	1:12.8	Q
2	John Besford	Great Britain	1:15.0	Q
3	Aladár Bitskey	Hungary	1:15.6
4	Johann Schulz	Germany	1:17.2

Heat 3[]

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Tom Boast	Australia	1:17.0	Q
2	Gérard Blitz	Belgium	1:18.8	Q
3	Len Moorhouse	New Zealand	1:20.4

Heat 4[]

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ernst Küppers	Germany	1:14.0	Q
2	Willie Francis	Great Britain	1:16.4	Q
3	Émile Zeibig	France	1:20.0
4	Eugène Kuborn	Luxembourg	Unknown

Heat 5[]

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Paul Wyatt	United States	1:14.0	Q
2	Eskil Lundahl	Sweden	1:14.4	Q
2	Munroe Bourne	Canada	1:14.4
4	Shourai Kimura	Japan	Unknown

Semifinals[]

Wednesday 8 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced.

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	George Kojac	United States	1:10.0	Q
2	Toshio Irie	Japan	1:14.0	Q
3	John Besford	Great Britain	1:14.8	Q
4	Munroe Bourne	Canada	Unknown
5	Eskil Lundahl	Sweden	Unknown
6	Willie Francis	Great Britain	Unknown

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Walter Laufer	United States	1:12.6	Q
2	Paul Wyatt	United States	1:14.2	Q
2	Ernst Küppers	Germany	1:14.2	Q
4	Tom Boast	Australia	Unknown
—	Gérard Blitz	Belgium	DNS

Final[]

Thursday 9 August 1928:

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	George Kojac	United States	1:08.2	WR
	Walter Laufer	United States	1:10.0
	Paul Wyatt	United States	1:12.0
4	Toshio Irie	Japan	1:13.6
5	Ernst Küppers	Germany	1:13.8
6	John Besford	Great Britain	1:15.4

References[]

^ "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

External links[]

Olympic Report
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 5 October 2008.

[SportsRef-1] "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

[1]

Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Freestyle
100 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
Breaststroke
200 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		women
4×200 m	men
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